8th Animart Experiential
art school, MonodendriIn July 2014 I took part in the 8th Animart in
Monodendri, Epirus. There were various classes you could attend from
photography to theatre. I had my first stop motion animation lessons
from Dimitris Savvaidis and Rory Oren. Together with Petros Loules we
created an animation based on his comic "Frame Wars".
While I was at Animart I also gave a two hour papermaking lesson. Thank
you Vassilis Boutos for inviting me. It was a wonderful experience.
I didn't have a blender with me or a papermaking basin. One of the kitchen
ladies gave me a basin that was used for washing clothes and I had to
find a new way to prepare the pulp. With the help of other participants
at Animart, we tore the recycled papers by hand into tiny pieces - it
needed patience and time but the reward was the company. As always I
enjoy the process more than the results. Everyone had the chance to
make their own paper and everyone chose the flowers that we had collected
from the village and its surroundings. The papers took a few days to
dry and the wonderful thing was that when the participants came to collect
their papers they all wanted to find the one that they had made and
they all remembered which was their own. So, handmade papermaking results
in unique pieces of paper. The paper pulp is forever changing, the extra
ingredients you put in is only limited by the extent of your imagination
and each person makes paper in a slightly different way.

Aesop team project in the making

Animation in the making, based on my story "Into
The Sea"

Making of a "m" , my seal

Morning tasks

My cards, designed by me and screen printed with magic at Tind Silkscreen
studio